QUEEN CITY, Mo. – After struggling to a sub-par season last year the Brashear Tigers lost their top three scorers to graduation. As if replacing all of that talent wasn’t a big enough challenge this summer the Tigers are also going through a coaching change.

Corbin Coe took over for the departed Kyle Robuck.

“I am excited to be here and am looking forward to the new challenge,” said Coe.

Coe came over from Newtown-Harris where he was the coach for the two pervious seasons. He led those Tigers to a 16-9 record and a first-round district tournament win over Novinger.

“We haven’t had any practices so far this summer, in fact we have only met three times before today. Moving on this summer we are looking to get the kids to focus on working hard, we really aren’t trying to do anything X’s and O’s wise right now,” said Coe.

The Northeast Missouri Team Camp will provide players an opportunity to get to know their new coach. Brashear finished with a 2-19 record last season and suffered a first-round district tournament loss, so getting the kids to focus in on the new message is key.

“Work ethic is really big right now and that is what I want the kids to take away from this summer. They have been very receptive to me and my message, they go out there and do what I ask to the best of their ability and they are very coach-able and that is really all you can ask for,” said Coe.

The Tigers will need to focus on developing their work ethic in order to surpass what they did last season. District champ Marion County lost a lot of talent as well, but teams like La Plata and Atlanta have a lot of talent returning.